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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hip•po•cras (hip′ə kras′),USA pronunciation n. - Winean old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
- Medieval Latin Hippocrās, alteration of Latin Hippocratēs, on model of words like cīvitās (nominative), cīvitātis (genitive)
- Old French: Hippocrates
- 1325–75; Middle English ypocras, apparently short for ypocras wyn (translation of Medieval Latin vīnum hippocraticum; so called because clarified by filtering through a strainer named after Hippocrates); Middle English ypocras
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hippocras /ˈhɪpəʊˌkræs/ n - an old English drink of wine flavoured with spices
Etymology: 14th Century ypocras, from Old French: Hippocrates, probably referring to a filter called Hippocrates' sleeve |